Yoga in the morn followed by a yummy green smoothie

Hello, sun. Love yoga in the morning. Invigorating and enriching : )

Then, I had a very creamy green smoothie for my morning fix. Bliss, while R and I wait for the nephew to arrive for two days of babysitting while his grandma is away for holiday.

Passionfruit, fuji apple, pear and
a big handful of basil and mint.

Cut into pieces, softer fruits at the
bottom and a glass of water.

Makes 2 glasses and my retro blender in the background.

Basil & Mint Harvest from the
balcony garden. Botak plant now.

Food and more food

Dinner: Spinach with Dried Scallops and Wolfberries,
Braised Beancurd with mushrooms and Herbal Chicken Soup

Spinach with Scallops and Wolfberries

Braised Beancurd with Mushrooms

Herbal Chicken Soup

I do eat instant noodles. This is my fav. The noodles comes prepacked
with wolfberries. I added spinach and more wolfberries.

Chinese herbal flavor vegetarian noodles. This is very gd.
I always ask my in-laws to buy this from an organic shop.

All the vegetables in the fridge in a salad for lunch.

Claypot rice with chinese sausages,
stewed mushrooms with shallots and spinach.

Some of the food I ate this month at home.

Durians for lunch?

I wonder what got into me? For lunch, I ate a box of durians all by myself. I counted, six rather big seeds. I think that's not a lot or am I deceiving myself? I am feeling super duper heaty now. To counteract the heatiness, I ate a 水梨 and a kiwi and it's really not working. So, I made a pear, tomatoes, almonds and rocket salad dressed in balsamic vinegar and the rosemary oil I made. I hope it helps.

Pear, tomatoes, almonds and rocket salad with rosemary oil and balsamic vinegar.

I think pears and rocket are a match made in heaven. They taste divine together with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Forget about the tomatoes and almonds. Shaved parmesan cheese will taste great with the pear and rocket. Ummm, trying to cut down on my dairy intake, so no shaved yummy cheese.

Urgh, too much durian! What other cooling food should I eat? No mangosteens at home and am too darn lazy to brew herbal tea. No more durians for me for some time.

Basil from the Garden and Breakfast

Basil from my Thai Basil pot

Instead of the usual fried egg with basil and tomatoes. I had
chee chong fun with basil and mushroom floss (Myco Farm).

Rocket, apple and passionfruit smoothie too!

Green Smoothies in a Tropical Country

Beetroot and red apple

More of my favourite vegetables and fruit combos if you are running out of ideas what kind of green smoothie to make. Most of the recipes online are using temperate countries' vegetables. Kale and dandelion greens are more expensive in Singapore. So, I tried some of the local vegetables, they turned out quite tasty. For those who are afraid of the green taste, add more fruits and honey, then slowly adjust to the green taste.

Favourite Green Smoothies
Xiao bai cai (Bok Choy), umeboshi and manuka honey
Xiao bai cai (Bok Choy), calamasi and manuka honey
Xiao bai cai (Bok Choy), kiwi and lemon
Xiao bai cai (Bok Choy), pineapple and lemon
Spinach, passionfruit and lemon juice
Spinach, passionfruit and corriander
Spinach, passionfruit and sweet basil
Spinach and red dragonfruit
Spinach, kiwi and lemon
Spinach, pear and lemon
Arugula, passionfruit and lemon
Arugula, passionfruit and kiwi
Romaine lettuce, pear and lemon
Romaine lettuce, red apples and lemon
Watercress, lemon and manuka honey
Cabbage and red apple
Parsley, pear, and ginger
Cilantro, pineapple and manuka honey
Cilantro and mango

Cabbage the detoxifier

My throat is really acting up. Thirsty, dehydrated and I can really feel the sore throat coming on. Not in any mood to brew any herbal tea at 11pm. Hopefully the cabbage and apple smoothie will help. Left the smoothie with more chewable bits, bits of apple and cabbage floating around. Cabbage is considered a cooling food and a blood purifier. Hope it will heal my bad throat overnight.

How I Start my Mornings

I love my green smoothies as they really perk me up. I have been drinking fruit or green smoothies daily to keep me energised and my skin in good shape since last year. Together with a diet heavy on fresh vegetables and fruits I kept my skin allergies away, gone are the days when I pop pills to keep my hives at bay.

What is a green smoothie? Is it raw? Does it taste as bad as it sounds? Green smoothies are made from blending leafy vegetables like spinach, lettuces or any other local vegetables with fruits. Fruits are used to remove the grass taste from the drink. They are extremely nutritious as they are full of live enzymes, vitamins and minerals.

It is tasty and easy to make.

Xiao Bai Cai (Bok Choy) Green Smoothie
Makes 2 glasses

5 bunches of xiao bai cai (Bok Choy), trim off stalks and use the leaves
1 tbsp parsley leaves
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp honey (optional)
1.5 cup of water

Blend all the ingredients in a high speed blender and volia.

Sicilian Caponata and Roasted Rosemary Bacon Potatoes

Woohoo! My first post.

The other day, I wanted to re-create the lovely roasted rosemary bacon potatoes I ate during the last Tokyo trip. R and I love to guess what goes into the yummy food we ate while dinning out.

At the same time, I cooked Sicilian caponata which is a vegetarian dish usually cooked with an aubergine-tomato combination found in many Mediterranean cuisines. I'm a big fan of eating as much greens and fruits as possible. Am never a big meat eater.

The Caponata's sauce somehow reminds me of the Chinese sweet and sour pork sauce minus the meat but flavoured with western herbs, namely, oregano, basil or parsley. Instead of the fresh tomatoes, I used canned tomatoes for the convenience.

The Sicilian Caponata was a success. The roasted rosemary potatoes could be a lot better. Got to figure out how to infuse as much rosemary flavour into the potatoes. Rosemary oil?